Quotes from Barack Obama

Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

A child's course in life should be determined not by the zip code she's born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.

Let me tell your something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.

Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we finish the race.

If there's even one thing we can do - even one life we can save - we have an obligation to try

... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice.

To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.

Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we're not going to be able to build a wall around that.

For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.

We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.

Our journey is not complete until all our children... know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm.